The crossings were first documented back in 1993 when a former San Diego assemblyman videotaped students crossing the border and boarding a bus that took them to a U.S. school.
The illegal crossings for education are still a trend eleven years later. A Fox News crew recently watched while students left Southwest High School (search) for the day and got on a trolley that took them down to the border where they crossed over to go home for the evening.
Parents in the Sweetwater School District (search) are outraged because they say students are now forced to go to schools that are overcrowded, and they say they've begged the district to implement tougher enrollment standards but the district insists the problem isn't widespread.
The district counters that they have very stringent residency rules and require students to show proof of residency before being enrolled. But the district admits it receives $5,400 each year from the state for each student enrolled, which some parents contend is the real issue.
As if American taxpayers don't have enough to pay for... students from other countries walk in and help themselves to our schools. I seriously doubt this is what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they set up this country.